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| Broadcast area | Greater St. Louis |
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| Frequency | 770 kHz |
| Branding | WEW 770 AM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Brokered programming |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Birach Broadcasting |
| WIJR | |
| History | |
First air date | March 23, 1922 (broadcast license)[1] |
Former frequencies | 619 kHz (1922) 833 kHz (1922–23) 1150 kHz (1923–24) 1070 kHz (1924–25) 1210 kHz (1925–26) 833 kHz (1926–27) 830 kHz (1927) 850 kHz (1927–28) 760 kHz (1928–41) |
Call sign meaning | Randomly assigned, later backronym to the slogan "We Enlighten the World"[1] |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 1088 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 1,000 watts days only |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°37′18.2″N 90°4′34.4″W / 38.621722°N 90.076222°W (NAD83) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | HTTP stream (MP3, 24kb/s) |
| Website | wewradio |
WEW (770 AM) is a commercial radio station in St. Louis, Missouri. Owned by Birach Broadcasting Corporation, its studios are on Hampton Avenue in St. Louis. First licensed in March 1922, WEW is one of the oldest radio stations in the United States.
The transmitter site is on Bunkam Road in Jerseyville, Illinois, near Interstate 64.[3] WEW is licensed to broadcast during daytime hours only with 1,000 watts using a non-directional antenna. At night, it must protect clear-channel station WABC in New York City, the dominant Class A station on 770 AM, from interference, so WEW stays off the air until sunrise.
The station features a brokered programming radio format. WEW's daily schedule consists entirely of programming provided by Overcomer Ministry featuring sermons from Brother Stair.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
stljr-200604was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Facility Technical Data for WEW". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/WEW